--- title: The sailors were delighted to see the Prince again, though they had… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The sailors were delighted to see the Prince again, though they had known that he was safe, and when they had taken on board all the supplies which the King had sent for them, they started once more. Who acts: sailors, Prince. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sailors, Prince), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg7277:15:27 # text = The sailors were delighted to see the Prince again, though they had known that he was safe, and when they had taken on board all the supplies which the King had sent for them, they started once more. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sailors sailor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 again again ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 though though SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 board board ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 29 det:predet _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 supplies supplies NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 24 obl _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 obj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl:relcl _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 40 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 41 advmod _ _ 41 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the sailors | | | | | delighted *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | the sailors *not said here* | the Prince | | | again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prince=Stimulus | | 3 | **know** | past · perfect · passive | | sailors *= sailor* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | past | Prince | | | | | safe *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **take** | past · perfect | sailors *= sailor* | | | all supplies | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on supplies=Destination | | 6 | **send** | past · perfect · passive | | the King | | | | for sailors *= sailor* | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination which=Theme | | 7 | **start** | past | sailors *= sailor* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/28/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/)